Today I did something I haven't done for a veeeeeery long time - smoked just a little pot, to boost my mood before work :lol: All that hard work at the end of the year - and a girl needs her relaxation. Well, work seems like fun, and my colleagues are such darlings :lol: And aren't my post about pot while under pot just inspirational? :lol:
Carl Sagan Dedicated Pothead
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Vereya,
Are you familiar with Carlos Castaneda and his work with Don Juan? He was administered massive doses of Peyote and Jimsonweed in order to break down his social conditioning. At first he thought the drugs were what shamanism was all about, but then he came to the realization that he was so thick that it took years of these drugs so he could see through all the BS.
When I lived in Montreal I did a lot of pot, hash, LSD and such, but when I moved out into the forest, I found I didn't need it any more. Being out of the rat race and in communion with nature was such a high that drugs actually brought me down. And then I met an old Cree medicine man who took me places even LSD couldn't take me. But if I had not gone through the processes of doing those drugs and then spending seven years living in the bush, I never would have been able to follow him to those places.
I have been extremely lucky to have lived several different lives in this body and experienced stuff that most people only dream of, and although it is battered and broken, I would not trade what I have done in this life time with any other. I may not do drugs any more, but I revere them as sacred. I would not recommend their use to anybody who is not ready to make significant changes in their lives or ready to face all those skeletons in their closet.
Are you familiar with Carlos Castaneda and his work with Don Juan? He was administered massive doses of Peyote and Jimsonweed in order to break down his social conditioning. At first he thought the drugs were what shamanism was all about, but then he came to the realization that he was so thick that it took years of these drugs so he could see through all the BS.
When I lived in Montreal I did a lot of pot, hash, LSD and such, but when I moved out into the forest, I found I didn't need it any more. Being out of the rat race and in communion with nature was such a high that drugs actually brought me down. And then I met an old Cree medicine man who took me places even LSD couldn't take me. But if I had not gone through the processes of doing those drugs and then spending seven years living in the bush, I never would have been able to follow him to those places.
I have been extremely lucky to have lived several different lives in this body and experienced stuff that most people only dream of, and although it is battered and broken, I would not trade what I have done in this life time with any other. I may not do drugs any more, but I revere them as sacred. I would not recommend their use to anybody who is not ready to make significant changes in their lives or ready to face all those skeletons in their closet.
You are correct, that is far more accurate. Not that their teachers should give them pot in specific, but that legal pot would be a far better alternative for safety and quality.
That's the funny thing, in Canada there is legal, government grown pot. It's of very poor quality.
If the goal is to find something to tax, then there isn't much point in legalizing pot. The red tape alone would put the cost well over what it is now. But if the goal is to reduce costs that we spend now on prohibition, and remove the criminal aspect of it, then the right thing to do is decriminalization for personal cultivation and possession.
Cliffy, yes, I have read his books several years ago. It took me a long time, and I hardly understood anything at that time, I should admit :smile: But since I have started taking psychedelics, I keep remembering some excerpts from Castaneda and they all make sense.
I do agree that psychedelics are necessary only up to a certain stage in your development. But you do have to reach that stage first. I remember analyzing my very first mushroom trip about six months after it. I came to the conclusion that I reached the point I was aready moving to, but it would've taken me about four years to get there without the mushrooms. And mushrooms helped me to cover this distance in just several hours. And it's about the same way with the other trips that I had. I guess now I only need one, probably two more, and then I'll be able to go on without them.
And I totally agree with you that the attitude matters a lot. That's the first thing to explain to anyone, who is thinking of trying psychedelics. The right kind of attitude - you analyze and improve yourself, you let go of wrong kind of mentality and your past mistakes, and move on as a more successful and strong person. The wrong kind of attitude - vice versa.
Vereya,
And it's about the same way with the other trips that I had. I guess now I only need one, probably two more, and then I'll be able to go on without them.
You seem to be on the right path, kiddo
Happy Solstice and very good 2009.
And it's about the same way with the other trips that I had. I guess now I only need one, probably two more, and then I'll be able to go on without them.
You seem to be on the right path, kiddo
Happy Solstice and very good 2009.Vereya,
And it's about the same way with the other trips that I had. I guess now I only need one, probably two more, and then I'll be able to go on without them.
You seem to be on the right path, kiddo
Thanks a lot, Cliffy!!! :smile::smile::smile: May the same come to you, too! :smile: